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Anthropic irks White House with limits on models’ use

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223 points mindingnever | 6 comments | 17 Sep 25 17:57 UTC | HN request time: 0.239s | source | bottom
1. saulpw ◴[17 Sep 25 18:46 UTC] No.45279791[source]▶
Gosh, I guess the SaaS distribution model might give companies undesirable control over how their software can be used.

Viva local-first software!

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2. nathan_compton ◴[17 Sep 25 18:54 UTC] No.45279886[source]▶
In general I applaud this attitude but I am glad they are saying no to doing surveillance.
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3. _pferreir_ ◴[17 Sep 25 18:59 UTC] No.45279954[source]▶
EULAs can impose limitations on how you use on-premises software. Sure, you can ignore the EULA, but you can also do so on SaaS, to an extent.
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4. saulpw ◴[17 Sep 25 19:00 UTC] No.45279961[source]▶
Me too, actually, but this is some "leopards ate their face" schaudenfraude that I'm appreciating for the moment.
5. MangoToupe ◴[17 Sep 25 19:01 UTC] No.45279972[source]▶
Are EULAs even enforceable? SaaS at least have the right to terminate service at will.
6. ronsor ◴[17 Sep 25 19:01 UTC] No.45279978[source]▶
With SaaS, you can be monitored and banned at any moment. With EULAs, at worse you can be banned from updates, and in reality, you probably won't get caught at all.